1 Interview transcript
2 R – “Okay so can you tell me your name, which university you’re at, and what
3 year you are in”
4 P – “okay. My name is Sidra Ali, I’m at the University of Manchester and I’m in
5 my first year”
6 R – “Have you consented to be a part of this research?”
7 P – “Yes, I’ve signed my consent form and I have read the information sheet.”
8 R – “… and are you okay with me recording this interview?”
9 P – “yes I’m perfectly fine with you recording this interview.”
10 R – “okay so let’s talk about your experiences with transitioning to higher
11 education. Can you tell me about your past experiences with education before
12 you started university”?
13 P – “okay so erm, do you want me to state the names as well? So, for primary
14 school I went to St. Michael’s primary school but erm I can’t really remember
15 much about it. I don’t remember primary school being too difficult or
16 challenging. For secondary school I went to Mount Saint Joseph’s and I felt like
17 as the years progressed the difficulty level increased, but it wasn’t as hard as
18 education later. In high school, there was more focus on friendship groups and
19 building relationships with other people compared to the actual education side
20 of things. Anyways, college was Bolton sixth form college… erm that was okay.
21 It wasn’t that hard compared to university, and erm now I’m at the university
22 of Manchester and I – I find it difficult but… erm yeah…”
23 R – “So do you find that it’s gotten more and more difficult as you’ve gone
24 along?”
25 P – “yeah definitely. I feel like college was erm – in terms of university, college
26 and A levels was similar to the first year of university and I feel like its getting
27 harder now as the year is progressing.”
28 R – “and are you finding the actual transition from college to university
29 difficult? If so why?”
30 “… erm it’s not that difficult … erm it’s similar but its just like… some things are
31 a bit difficult. Most of the things that we’ve touched on are quite similar to
32 college and A levels.”
2 R – “Okay so can you tell me your name, which university you’re at, and what
3 year you are in”
4 P – “okay. My name is Sidra Ali, I’m at the University of Manchester and I’m in
5 my first year”
6 R – “Have you consented to be a part of this research?”
7 P – “Yes, I’ve signed my consent form and I have read the information sheet.”
8 R – “… and are you okay with me recording this interview?”
9 P – “yes I’m perfectly fine with you recording this interview.”
10 R – “okay so let’s talk about your experiences with transitioning to higher
11 education. Can you tell me about your past experiences with education before
12 you started university”?
13 P – “okay so erm, do you want me to state the names as well? So, for primary
14 school I went to St. Michael’s primary school but erm I can’t really remember
15 much about it. I don’t remember primary school being too difficult or
16 challenging. For secondary school I went to Mount Saint Joseph’s and I felt like
17 as the years progressed the difficulty level increased, but it wasn’t as hard as
18 education later. In high school, there was more focus on friendship groups and
19 building relationships with other people compared to the actual education side
20 of things. Anyways, college was Bolton sixth form college… erm that was okay.
21 It wasn’t that hard compared to university, and erm now I’m at the university
22 of Manchester and I – I find it difficult but… erm yeah…”
23 R – “So do you find that it’s gotten more and more difficult as you’ve gone
24 along?”
25 P – “yeah definitely. I feel like college was erm – in terms of university, college
26 and A levels was similar to the first year of university and I feel like its getting
27 harder now as the year is progressing.”
28 R – “and are you finding the actual transition from college to university
29 difficult? If so why?”
30 “… erm it’s not that difficult … erm it’s similar but its just like… some things are
31 a bit difficult. Most of the things that we’ve touched on are quite similar to
32 college and A levels.”
